HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 11 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 2. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE IS COVERING SOUTHEASTERN CHINA.
TROPICAL CYCLONE TALAS TO THE SOUTH OF HAINAN ISLAND IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST TODAY, SKIRTING THE
SOUTHERN PART OF HAINAN ISLAND AND THEN MOVING INTO BEIBU
WAN, GRADUALLY MOVING AWAY FROM HONG KONG. IT WILL NOT
DIRECTLY AFFECT THE TERRITORY. HOWEVER, UNDER THE COMBINED
EFFECT OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AND TALAS, IT WILL BE
WINDIER WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA TODAY. PEOPLE OUT TO THE SEA OR ENGAGING IN
WATER SPORTS SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE WEATHER CHANGES.

GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY CONTINUE
TO AFFECT HONG KONG.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 29 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                29 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      28 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     30 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                28 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 28 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 9:45 AND 10:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES WEST. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 21 MM;
KWUN TONG                        6 TO 20 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     9 TO 15 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     5 TO 14 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 13 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                3 TO 13 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       4 TO 11 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 4 TO 10 MM;
WAN CHAI                          3 TO 8 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      5 TO 8 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 7 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     5 TO 7 MM;
KWAI TSING                        2 TO 6 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 5 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 4 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM TALAS AT 10 A.M.:
LOCATION: 17.8 DEGREES NORTH, 109.1 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:02 HKT ON 16.07.2017